Meteosat 5

Dear Garrett:

Thanks for your 12 July message answering my questions about the 
availability of Meteosat 5 imagery through CIRA.  I was glad to read that 
CIRA has some data but it would have to be converted to McIDAS AREA 
files.  Consequently, I explored the Data Center at the SSEC and found 
they have both real-time and archived (back to March 1999) Meteosat 5 
data for distribution to .edu sites.  The data are already in AREA 
format.  These data cover the period of our study of Himalayan thunderstorms.  

We have downloaded sample images and the resolution both in space and 
time are more than adequate for our study.  So, we will not need 
Meteosat data through CIRA.

Sincerely,

Ward Hindman
CCNY